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Quote by George Eliot
Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. -

Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. – George Eliot

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There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness. – George Eliot

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Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot

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In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot

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My mama told me in college, I love you, and youre Gods child, but natural beauty will only take you so far. – Robin Roberts

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I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within. – Christy Turlington

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There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness. – Charles Baudelaire

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Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty. – Stephen Hawking

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